Module development and code questions

I am using '#after_build' in a form to install a function that is called after submitting the form but before showing it. Why is it called twice? (Once with the submitted form values, once with newly initialized form values?)

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Is there a way to limit the maximum number of words that a user can enter in a textarea that is part of a flexinode or a simple node. I want to be able to limit the maximum words according to user role, or per specific flexinode, but can't seem to find anything by searching.

I was thinking I could write a javascript and embed it in the specific flexinode, that would check the number of words when the user pressed submit, but I have limited knowledge about programming and can't seem to find the flexinode file (i guess each flexinode is constructed in the db).

Ok, a couple questions regarding the new system for releasing projects. Is it advised to create a new release for every patch? I can't imagine wanting the default release to be a version of the module that doesn't have the latest patch... And how then can I delete old releases? I don't see any way to get rid of the old ones. If I'm making a new release for each patch or major version, it seems the list would start to get cluttered and really be unhelpful.

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I'm currently developing a hCalendar module, I've got my form working for entering the details, but when I hit submit, I get this error:

Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in C:\apache2\htdocs\nhm\modules\cck\content.module on line 230

The function where the problem is is below, and line 230 is return $t; Can anyone see why I would be getting this error?

Location, URL, are varchar, startdate and enddate are int fields, and timezone is an tinyint field.

I would like to create a view with the views module for the default front page that doesn't display any organic groups content on our site. I don't want to create custom content types and want to use the existing content type available. I have been looking at the views' filters for awhile now and so far I have not been able to figure this out.

Any one have any ideas how I might accomplish this?